The Parkash Singh Committee, set up to probe lapses into the official response to the violence during the Jat agitation in Haryana in February, has held certain police and administrative officers guilty of laxity. ...
The cabinet on Friday approved the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy designed to safeguard trademark identities, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here....

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutional validity of India's criminal defamation law that was contested by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy....
A federal judge on Thursday ruled in favour of Republican lawmakers in their lawsuit against the health care reform known as "Obamacare", saying that the US government is unconstitutionally using public funds to make access to health services less costly....
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday targeted Kerala Chief Minister Ommen Chandy over his remarks that his government had paid for evacuation of 29 Keralites from Libya, asking who had paid for thousands of Indians from the state evacuated earlier....
The 16th Lok Sabha's eighth session that ended on Wednesday created history of sorts as business in the lower house was carried out without any adjournment due to interruptions....

London’s first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan on Thursday once again hit out at US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, saying he hopes the presidential candidate loses the election....
A total of 1,203 contestants are in fray for 140 Kerala assembly seats, for which elections will be held on May 16, the Election Commission (EC) said on Thursday. Of these, 109 are women....
In an embarrassment for the government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday blamed Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan for rising inflation and increasing unemployment, and called for his immediate removal....

Calling for a "Sangh-(RSS)-mukht-Bharat", Bihar Chief Minister on Thursday told the BJP and RSS not to preach nationalism and said his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will expand in Uttar Pradesh....